21And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.


In Context

18 And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children ?

19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.

21 And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.

22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Exodus 1:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.